rhetorical

 rhetorical 

do you remember

‘where were you when the world ended’

take your time

for we don’t have any

no one will be listening

           was anyone ever listening

to your answer 

rain puddle

 rain puddle

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amen

 amen

we sneak glances 

what the fuck does it mean

in the pews of childhood

smirking is complicity

in their mediocrity 

amenhotep

remembrance

 remembrance

their medals turned to buttons

fastening tight their shrouds

and silver fell the tears down

the silence of the crowd

armistice day

 armistice day

still these lean years ask

could i would i have died

would i have even tried

over the top

i know i would have cried

i do now when i have to ask

in my shortening years

why is enough never enough

will enough ever be enough

ever

Gower Walking Festival

 Gower Walking Festival

a summer that said what a summer it was

that stepped in the ways the days unfolded

down all the conversations brindled of

trees and bays and skies and breezes 

smiles as wide as the shift of an horizon

muscles as weary as the days were long

the garnered feasts as plentiful as the 

maturing of a harvest of adventures

un-aged un-staged un-expectedly just so

for it was   you know that   you know how it was 

and yes  how it will be on the other side of winter

when boots are dusted and maps unfurled

and butterflies settle upon a new path

as a new summer befriends us once again

and off we go on that first step   no after you 

my friend  my dear old pal

foodfrank ~ when the establishment visits

 foodfrank ~ when the establishment visits

the suppressed scream

in an anarchist’s narrowing eyes

dream on buddy  dream on

for we have got your gist

you just wait 

for justice is in our hands

and the clock is a ticking bomb

the votes for revolution canvassed 

by your premeditated digression